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Medical indication regarding life-sustaining treatment for children: Focus groups with clinicians. [PDF]

, 2016
Decisions about medical indication are a relevant problem in pediatrics. Difficulties arise from the high prognostic uncertainty, the decisional incapacity of many children, the importance of the family, and conflicts with parents.
Borasio, G.D., Führer, M., Jox, R.J., Lotz, J.D., Meurer, C.   +4 more
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The effects of hospice care on healthcare expenditure among cancer patients

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Purpose It is necessary to estimate the hospice usage and hospice-related cost for entire cancer patients using nationwide cohort data to establish a suitable ethical and cultural infrastructure.
Hoyol Jhang, Wonjeong Jeong, Hyun-Soo Zhang, Dong-Woo Choi, Hyejung Kang, Sohee Park   +5 more
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The Total Artificial Heart and the Dilemma of Deactivation [PDF]

, 2016
It is widely believed to be permissible for a physician to discontinue any treatment upon the request of a competent patient. Many also believe it is never permissible for a physician to intentionally kill a patient.
Bronner, Ben
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Frequency of Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy for Perceived Poor Neurologic Prognosis

Critical Care Explorations, 2021
OBJECTIVES:. To measure the frequency of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy for perceived poor neurologic prognosis among decedents in hospitals of different sizes and teaching statuses. DESIGN:. We performed a multicenter, retrospective cohort study.
Alexis Steinberg, MD, Benjamin S. Abella, MD, MPhil, Emily J. Gilmore, MD, David Y. Hwang, MD, Niki Kennedy, BA, Winnie Lau, MD, Isabelle Mullen, BSc, Nidhi Ravishankar, MD, Charlotte F. Tisch, BA, Adam Waddell, MD, David J. Wallace, MD, MPH, Qiang Zhang, BA, Jonathan Elmer, MD, MSc   +12 more
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Heart Failure Anticoagulation Teach-Back Education and Readmissions [PDF]

, 2020
: Heart failure affects millions of Americans each year. Treatment of advanced heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and left ventricular failure is sometimes treated with implantation of a left-ventricular assist device.

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Can primary palliative care education change life-sustaining treatment intensity of older adults at the end of life? A retrospective study

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Palliative care education has been carried out in some hospitals and palliative care has gradually developed in mainland China. However, the clinical research is sparse and whether primary palliative care education influence treatment ...
Qian Liu, Mingzhao Qin, Jian Zhou, Hui Zheng, Weiping Liu, Qi Shen   +5 more
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You Can\u27t Be Any Poorer Than Dead : Difficulties in Recognizing Artificial Nutrition and Hydration as Medical Treatments [PDF]

, 1994
The President\u27s Commission Report Deciding to Forego Life-Sustaining Treatment comes down squarely in favor of two propositions: 1) artificial provision of nutrition and hydration are medical treatments, and 2) as such, these medical treatments may be
Heaney, Stephen J.
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Why and When Are Evidence‐Based Interventions Adopted in Paediatric Supportive Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Photobiomodulation Implementation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie, Kara A. Gray‐Burrows, Peter F. Day, Bob Phillips, Carl A. Thompson   +4 more
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Impact of advance directives on the variability between intensivists in the decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatment

Critical Care, 2020
Background There is wide variability between intensivists in the decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatment (DFLST). Advance directives (ADs) allow patients to communicate their end-of-life wishes to physicians.
Margot Smirdec, Mercé Jourdain, Virginie Guastella, Céline Lambert, Jean-Christophe Richard, Laurent Argaud, Samir Jaber, Kada Klouche, Anne Medard, Jean Reignier, Jean-Philippe Rigaud, Jean-Marc Doise, Russell Chabanne, Bertrand Souweine, Jeremy Bourenne, Julie Delmas, Pierre-Marie Bertrand, Philippe Verdier, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Cecile Aubron, Nathanael Eisenmann, Pierre Asfar, Alexandre Fratani, Jean Dellamonica, Nicolas Terzi, Jean-Michel Constantin, Axelle Van Lander, Renaud Guerin, Bruno Pereira, Alexandre Lautrette   +29 more
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The Physician as Conscientious Objector [PDF]

, 2002
This Article examines the right of doctors to object, because of conflicts with the doctor\u27s own morals, to treatment requested or refused by patients.
Bleich, J. David
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